Apollo's First Review!

Hello!  They say my name is Apollo but honestly I think it's Don't Eat Dirt."  Either way, my brother Cass told me Mom has this thing called a "log" which isn't that something you chew on?  I may be only 12 weeks old but I have discovered Mom likes to read a lot and Cass told me if I was good, I could appear on the "log" once in a while.  He picked out my first review book which once you will see, IS NOT FUNNY!

TITLE: Bad Dog

AUTHOR: Mike Boldt

PUBLISHER: Doubleday Books

PUBLISHING DATE:  October 1, 2019

FROM GOODREADS: 

The differences between cats and dogs have never been funnier! In this hilarious new story from the illustrator of I Don't Want to Be a Frog, a little girl really, really wants a dog... but gets a cat instead! 

"Look what I got for my birthday! A pet dog!" says a little girl holding a... cat? Rocky doesn't listen or obey like all the other dogs. (Because Rocky is a cat.) And Rocky hates her leash and doesn't seem to like other dogs. (Probably because Rocky is a cat.) And rather than play fetch, Rocky prefers to... lick between her toes? Ew. Rocky is a bad "dog"! BUT Rocky doesn't bark, and is so cute when she sleeps in sunny spots. Maybe Rocky IS a good dog? (Or, you know, maybe Rocky is a cat.) 

Cat lovers and dog lovers alike will howl with laughter at this little girl's willful insistence that her cat is a dog. The hilarious ways in which cats and dogs are different are brilliantly illuminated with each turn of the page and will leave young readers and their grown-ups giggling. 

MY THOUGHTS: So the little girl in the book wants a dog.  And she gets one. But it doesn't do the things that dogs should do (like eat dirt).  However, it does like to play with shoelaces and with the fishbowl. 

I thought the book was cute but my brother Cass has been educating me and I knew right away Rocky wasn't a dog!  The artwork was really cool though and Cass told me to show you an example.  I think little kids would love it.

RATING: 4 PAWS